A single bone needle lays on a hair-on deer hide. The needles are sturdy enough to use with a thick hide like this. Photo by Fala Burnette (Wolf Branch Homestead) Picture in your mind a recently taken ...

A desperate, 23-year-old girl in a mental hospital tried to kill herself last fall with the only weapon at hand, a 2½-in. sewing needle. She succeeded in getting it be tween her ribs and into her ...